9-letter words containing ton
- sextoness — a female sexton or the wife of a sexton
- shenstone — William, 1714–63, English poet.
- short ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- side tone — sound diverted from a telephone microphone to the earpiece so that a speaker hears his own voice at the same level and position as that of the respondent
- siltstone — a very fine-grained sandstone, mainly consolidated silt.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- singleton — a person or thing occurring singly, especially an individual set apart from others.
- slabstone — a paving stone in the form of a slab; flagstone
- soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- starstone — a precious stone which has been cut in such a way that it reflects light in a starlike pattern
- stone age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.
- stone axe — a primitive axe made of chipped stone
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stoneboat — a type of sleigh used for moving rocks from fields, for hauling milk cans, etc
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stoneshot — a stone's throw or the distance a person can throw a stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stonework — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- stonewort — any of a plantlike group of green algae constituting the class Charophyceae, having a jointed body frequently encrusted with lime and usually attached to the bottom in fresh water.
- stoniness — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- stonkered — to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- stony pit — a disease of pears, caused by a virus and characterized by deformed, pitted fruit.
- stoughton — a city in E Massachusetts.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- suetonius — (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.
- symington — (William) Stuart, 1901–1988, U.S. politician: senator 1952–77.
- syntonize — to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.
- syntonous — syntonic.
- tarkenton — Francis Asbury ("Fran") born 1940, U.S. football player.
- tectonics — the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- tectonism — diastrophism (def 1).
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- teutonize — to make or become German or Germanic; Germanize
- toadstone — any of various stones or stonelike objects, formerly supposed to have been formed in the head or body of a toad, worn as jewels or amulets.
- tombstone — a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.
- ton-force — two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
- tonalitic — relating to or consisting of tonalite
- tonawanda — a city in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- tonbridge — a market town in SE England, in SW Kent on the River Medway. Pop: 35 833 (2001)
- tone down — any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
- tone poem — an instrumental composition intended to portray a particular story, scene, mood, etc.
- tone-deaf — unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
- tonguelet — a small tongue
- tonically — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.